Postgame Breakdown: A bad night at the Bell Centre

Nathan Horton does his best to impersonate the reaction Bruins
fans had at the end of Saturday's terrible 2-1 loss to the hated
Habs. (Getty Images)

Final: Montreal 2, Boston 1

Recap: Much to the shock of no one, the Bruins
got off to an underwhelming start. Alex Galchenyuk scored a flukey
goal from a bad angle with Tuukka Rask flopping around like a fish
out of water in the crease.

In the second, everyone's favorite Newf, Michael Ryder, tipped a
shot from P.K. Subban over Rask to make it 2-0. The Bruins then
said to themselves, "Oh, right. We're playing to take over first
place in the division against the team we've had a heated rivalry
with for almost 100 years."

Johnny Boychuk scored a -- crap, I've already used this word --
flukey goal to make it 2-1, but that was all the Bruins could
muster against Carey Price. And then came the Key Play of the Game,
which I will describe below.

Records: Montreal 25-8-5, 55 points; Boston
24-9-4, 52 points

Key Play of the Game: With a power play and
Rask pulled, the Bruins had a 6-on-4 advantage for a solid minute
-- a golden chance to tie up the game. They squandered it in the
sorriest fashion ever seen, passing the puck around and around and
around some more, ultimately winding up with zero shots on net.
Zero. Let that sink in. Down a goal. Two-man advantage with the
goalie pulled. Zero shots.

Connolly's Commendations: Moving on . .
.

Connolly's Critiques: I already made this joke
on Twitter, but I'll do it again. Tyler Seguin: zero shots on goal,
zero attempts blocked, zero missed shots. Why'd he even get on the
plane? The Bruins wasted a good in-flight meal on him.

We all know how important Patrice Bergeron is to this club, but
it's still amazing to see just how hopeless they've looked --
including Thursday against New Jersey -- without him. The B's need
someone to step up and fill the void. Badly.

Shame on everyone that was on the ice in the final minute: Milan
Lucic, Jaromir Jagr, Brad Marchand, David Krejci, Zdeno Chara and
Nathan Horton. How one of these guys doesn't grab the bull by the
horns and try to fire one past Price literally blows my mind to
smithereens. It was that bad.

Notes: Rask falls to 2-8-2 lifetime against the
Canadiens. The Bruins would've taken over first in the division
with a win in regulation or overtime/the shootout.

Final Thoughts: If you haven't come to the
realization that I found the Black and Gold's performance to be a
soul-crushing mess in a seemingly never-ending string of
performances ranging from "meh" to "yikes," you should probably
consult a physician.

Next: The Bruins will play host to the Carolina
Hurricanes at TD Garden Monday night.